Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14518856 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14518856 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/26/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1623529	04/02/1984	3312	0	Bayou Steel Corporation

Abstract: A maintenance worker was assigned the job of performing a hi-pot test on Joslyn vacuum switches for a furnace at a foundry. The No. 2 furnace switch tower high-voltage supply had been deenergized. After the employee had set up the test equipment on switch tower No. 2, he stepped across to switch tower No. 1, a distance of about 1.1 meters. This 33-kilovolt switch tower was still energized, and the employee contacted energized parts. He received an electric shock and fell from the tower to the ground, a distance of 3 meters. The employee died of electrocution.

Keywords: E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, LOCKOUT, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1623529			Fatality	Electric Shock	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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